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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the town sponsor a pigeon shoot?
(a) To raise money for the baseball team.
(b) To raise money for the playground.
(c) To raise money for the transit system.
(d) To raise money for the school.

2. Who do Palmer and the gang attack with snowballs on their way to school one morning?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mutton.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Arthur.

3. What does Beans do with the contents of the spaghetti and meatballs container from the freezer?
(a) Leaves it in the freezer for his mother to find.
(b) Hammers it to the doorframe of Dorothy's house.
(c) Throws it away after he shows the gang.
(d) Gives it to Palmer as a late birthday gift.

4. Why does Palmer run home and leave the boys behind in Chapter 12?
(a) The gang begins to steal food from the closed concession stand.
(b) The gang begins to break open a crate of pigeons to harm them.
(c) He is afraid of the dark.
(d) The gang teases him about not wringing a pigeon's neck.

5. What does Beans have in the frozen spaghetti and meatballs container in his freezer?
(a) A cat.
(b) A rat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A muskrat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Palmer decide to handle Saturday and the pigeon shoot?

2. What does Palmer try to convince the gang about the pigeon?

3. What does Palmer feed the pigeon?

4. What is treestumping?

5. Where did Arthur put the body of the first ever pigeon whose neck he had rung?

(see the answer key)

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